Catholic Church

Australia's religious freedom bill still contains glaring omissions

the long-awaited second draft of the australian religious discrimination bill was released on december 11 after the first in august received...

2019 was dominated by scandal – but there were glimmers of light

this has been a tough year for the us church. the abuse crisis has once again dominated the headlines. the year began with the dismissal fro...

The Pope's Ignatian reflection on nativity scenes is well worth a read

if you have a little time this season, consider picking up and reading – really reading – pope francis’s apostolic letter admirabile signum,...

Christopher R. Altieri

World news: from Buenos Aires to Bhopal

sacramento six california dioceses subpoenaed the office of california’s attorney general has informed six dioceses that they will be issued...

Meanwhile

if you get restless about the length of homilies, just be thankful it’s not worse. a new survey suggests that catholic priests give the brie...

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a golden age for films about christianity we live in a golden age of films about religious belief, declared philip jenkins in the christian ...

The week ahead

midnight mass at st peter’s basilica will take place on december 24 at 9:15pm. celebrated by pope francis, it usually attracts a congregatio...

Overlooked: Vatican pro-life chief: I would hold hand in assisted suicide

what happened? the head of the vatican’s pro-life academy has said that he would hold the hand of someone who chose to die in an assisted su...

Big Story: 'Papabile' Cardinal Tagle given Vatican post

what happened? pope francis has appointed cardinal luis antonio tagle of manila to a senior post, in a move some observers see as an endorse...

Friendship with God was inconceivable until Christ's birth

it is often said that you cannot turn the clock back. in a sense, however, the church does just that in her liturgy, in which we are inserte...

Fr Julian Large